Wind deflector for automobiles



Jan. 30, 1923. 1,443,713. J. H. MAULDING.

WIND DEFLECTOR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

FILED JAN. 3, 1921.

Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

JOHN'HTMAULDING, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIIGNOR 'ro KERT-O-SHIELDMFG. ASSOCIATION, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

WINDDEFLECTOR ron AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed January 3, 1921. sem No. 434,689;

To all whom itmwy concern: j

Be it known that I, J OH H. MAULDING, a citizen of the United'States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of'Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in- WindDeflectors for Automobiles, of which the following is a ecification.

, t t is the object of this invention to provide a wind deflectorparticularly adapted to be mounted at'the side of a windshieldfor amotor vehicle or the like. The present invention contemplatestheprovision of a wind deflector pivotally adjustable with relation 'to thewindshield and having asecond'wind deflector which may be moved to aposition overlying the first wind deflector or whichmay e positionedbeyond the first wind'deflector soas to form additional deflectingmeans. The invention also provide'sa pivotal adjustment for the secondwind deflector whereby it may be angularly adjusted with relation to thefirst wind deflector. i The invention will be readily understood fromthe following description of the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a portion of an automobile bodyaudits windshield with a wind deflector,constructed in accordance with'the present invention,

mounted at the side of the windshield.'

. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wind deflector. ,Figs. 3 and 4 are detailsections on the lines 33-and 44 of Fig. 1.

- of Fig. 4.-

' wind deflector looking from the opposite di-- Fig. 5 is a detailsection-0n the line 5 -5 Fig. 6 is afragmentary elevation of the rectionto that shown in Fig. 1.

. In the drawings the'automobile body-is shown at 1, and the sidesupport for the Windshield is shown at 2. A wind deflector 3 ispivotally mounted atone of its side edges to the windshield support 2,and a second deflector 4 is pivotally supported at one of its side edgesupon the swinging side edge of the first wind deflector.

As an instance of this arrangement the.

first deflector 3 is shown mounted in a frame 5 provided with bearinglugs 6 projecting from its inner side edge. These bearing lugs cooperatewith axially alined bearing lugs 7 which are, preferably, clamped uponthe windshield upright 2 as by set screws 8. The

bearing lugs 6 preferably, form tapered justed positions.

bearings, and the bearing lugs are adapted to be clamped in pivotallyadjusted positior. relative thereto by meanslof bearing pins 9 receivedthrough the alined lugs. These bearing pins are tapered to s'eat in lugs6 and make threaded engagement with lugs 7.

N uts 10 are received upon the threaded ends 11 of pins 9 projectingbeyond lugs 6 and 7.v

The deflector?) is thus adapted to be swung to-pivotally adjustedpositions with relation to the windslueld'and clamped'in its ad- Thedeflector 4 is'mounted ina frame 12, a

and one side edge ofsaid. frame-is, preferably, provided with laterallyextended bearinglugs 13. These bearing lugs are received in axialalinement with lugs 14 mounted upon the frame 5 at the upper and lowerends of its swinging edge. The bearing lugs 14, preferably, form taperedbearings, and bearing pins 15 providedwith tapered portions are receivedthrough alined lugs 13 and -14 so as to seat in the tapered bores ofbear-.

ing lugs 14, and make threaded engagement with lugs 13. Nuts 16 arethreaded on to the ends of the bearing pins projecting beyondlugs 13 and14, so as to clamp frame 12 and the deflector 4 in adjusted positionswith re lation to frame 5 and deflector 3;'it being understood that theframe of deflector 4 is pivotally adjustable with relation to deflector3 by means of the pivotalmounting for said frame.

The bearing lugs 14, preferably, project laterally from deflector 3, sothat deflector 41pivoted in the same way may besWung inwardly alongsideof deflector 3, or may be ,swung outwardly to any desired pivotal adjustment.

:Itwill be'noted that the construction as thusdescribed provides for theready adjustment of deflector 3 with relation to the windshield, and theclamping of said deflector in adjusted positions; and at the same timealso enables the deflector 4 to beswung either 1. In combination with awindshield, a

from the spirit of theinvention as side deflector having a frame pivotedto one side thereof, horizontal lugs 'on the top and bottom of the frameof the side deflector adjacent the outer side thereof and formed withvertical tapered bearings, a second side deflector having a frame theinner vertical side of which is formed with laterally extending lugsinset from the top and' bottom of the frame thereof so as to have theirouter horizontal faces engage with the inner horizontal faces of thefirst named lugs; pins threaded at one end and extending through thelateral lugs and having nuts thereon abutting the latter and havingtapered parts engaging in the tapered bearings, the opposite ends of thepins being threaded, and nuts on the opposite ends of the pins abuttingthe lugs of the first named side deflector.

2. In combination with a windshield, a side deflector having a framepivoted at the side thereof, means to adjustably secure the sidedeflector in position, a second side de flector having a frame with itsinner side arranged to the rear of and in lapping relation to theinner-side of the frame of the first named deflector, means to pivot thetwo deflectors together 'so as to allow the two to be folded to lietogether and with their frames in approximate register and when extendedlapping relation to the first named deflector,

means to pivot the two deflectors together so as to allow the secondnamed one to. fold rearwardly of the first named one, and to have alapping relation when vextended and means to secure the second nameddeflector adjustably in any position to which it may be moved.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN H. MAULDING.

